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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aisha Down and Deepa Parent

Iran’s internet blackout could worsen human toll of war, say rights groups

Urban street with people running for cover and smoke billowing in background
People run for safety as smoke rises after an airstrike in central Tehran, Iran on Thursday. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

As US and Israeli bombs continue to rain down on Iran, civilians are enduring the bombardment in the dark – cut off from comprehensive information about where strikes have happened, which medical facilities are affected and where new rounds of bombings are about to occur.

As state media broadcasts limited or contradictory information about airstrikes, and evacuation orders from the attacking countries remain invisible to most civilians, the internet shutdown risks worsening the human toll of the war, human rights groups say.

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